New York Farm Viability Institute

Meet NYFVI Board Member Tim Dressel

Farm Viability has a ten-person board of directors. Seven are nominated by ag organizations and three are at-large members. All

The 2020 FVI program was highly competitive. 56 proposals were received and resources allowed for 12 projects to be funded.

The New York Farm Viability Institute is deeply appreciative of the support provided by Governor Cuomo, and Assemblywoman Lupardo, Senator

Since its inception, Farm Viability’s dairy program has supported 21 Topic Specific Teams that have worked with more than 270

There’s almost nothing that will get farmers talking more than a discussion of tricks to get birds out of their

On a dairy farm, feed is the largest expense. Evaluating an operation’s feed cost in relationship to the net milk

The competition among farmers selling directly to consumersis fierce and some feel that opportunity has plateaued. Yet wholesale buyers lament

In 2015 as part of a Cornell University project in collaboration with the University of Florida, Mark Rea and his

New York squash sales hit $32 million in 2017, with more than 11,000 acres harvested. One of the growers’ biggest

The natural world is full of enzymes with antimicrobial properties. The challenges? How to identify which enzymes will help fight